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With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost… — Kate Millett
Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice. — Sheila Jeffreys
People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other peopleâ€™s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another. — Paul Ekman
Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity. — David Deutsch
To suggest that the merciful, longsuffering, gracious and loving God of the Bible would invent a dreadful doctrine like Calvinism, which would have us believe… — Tim LaHaye
Science can proceed only if the scientist adopts an essentially theological worldview. ..even the most atheistic scientist accepts as an act of faith the existence… — Paul Davies
People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws of physics -… — Paul Davies
In everything, depend upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things. Do not depend even upon the Infinite, but learn to work and live… — Christian D. Larson
The ultimate [act] that would be the taboo, to show how bad some villain is, was to have somebody being raped, you know? I don't… — Mark Millar
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment… — A. R. Ammons
I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act. — Jerry Springer
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words.… — James Fenton
The chaos can act as a magnifier of quantum fluctuations so that they can produce sizable effects in the world around us. But we know… — Murray Gell-Mann
There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time, — James Hansen
The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics. — Corliss Lamont
Who we are is the result of how we live and act on a daily basis. Our daily actions reflect our prime values and motivations. — David Frawley
Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and… — Charles Koch
Just as at the Olympic games it is not the handsomest or strongest men who are crowned with victory but the successful competitors, so in… — Aristotle
We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long… — Joseph Campbell
The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly… — Neal Boortz

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